Marlon James Quotes

Some of the craziest aspects about 'Weeper' were the things I found out to be true. I mean, true of people.

Marlon James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: November 16, 1976

Topics

PeopleBe TrueTrueMeanOutThings

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing poorly first.

Joel Salatin

JobDoingWorthFirstPoorly

As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years - the longest in the world.

Robert Jarvik

WorkHeartDeathPeopleWorldYears

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.

Angela Merkel

EducationWomenFinanceEffortHappy

I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs that keep coming, and there's this panicky feeling that 'This is me and I must make it better.'

John Updike

TimeMeBetterYouFeelingNobody

When I wrote the lyrics, melodies, and the first themes of 'Serendipity,' I tried to come up with some rare things you find in life, something very special, like the calico, three-striped cat; things that have extraordinary meanings in people's lives.

RM

LifePeopleYouFindSpecialFirst

Like having your own licence to print money.

Roy Thomson

MoneyOwnLikeYourPrintLicence

We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.

Martin Parr

LiveWorldInterestingProfessional

It's nice to have famous people love you.

Millie Bobby Brown

LovePeopleFamousYouNice

I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.

Jonathan Demme

AmazingChanceStrongCareYouWay

What everyone loved about '24' is still there - the clock, the tick, the lean-in factor, the pacing.

Corey Hawkins

LovedClockEveryoneStillAbout

You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.

William Langewiesche

RainDesertYouPlaceSeeLittle

Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow.

William Safire

ImpressFollowWhereEagerReaders

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